Canadian federal workers strike

[Thinker101]

More than 155,000 federal workers in Canada went on strike after wage talks with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government failed.

The labor disruption is expected to impede government functions including the release of economic data from Statistics Canada, passports and immigration applications. More than 35,000 of the workers are employed by the Canada Revenue Agency, the country’s tax-collection body. However, the government has said it doesn’t plan to extend the May 1 deadline for filing personal income taxes.



Canada Faces Massive Strike as Public Service Union Walks Out - The Global Herald

 

[gipper]

Good. We need more workers striking in the US.

 

[1srelluc]

Damn, no maple syrup futures forecast.

 

[luiza]

ShittingGhanian will have a migraine when he finds out

 

[Independent thinker]

Good. We need more workers striking in the US.

Yeah, just like we need the even higher inflation which would result from it.

 

[gipper]

Yeah, just like we need the even higher inflation which would result from it.

Well that’s an interesting take on keeping American workers down.

 

[Independent thinker]

Well that’s an interesting take on keeping American workers down.

It's not a take. It's a fact. When will it sink in to you that worker's wages are already up quite a bit and yet do not keep pace with inflation?

 

[gipper]

It's not a take. It's a fact. When will it sink in to you that worker's wages are already up quite a bit and yet do not keep pace with inflation?

Then let’s keep raising wages, while slashing c level wages and reducing profit margins.

Did you see the obscene profits reported by many food companies? They are gouging the consumer while claiming costs have risen.

 

[Resnic]

Good. We need more workers striking in the US.

What for?

 

[Independent thinker]

Then let’s keep raising wages, while slashing c level wages and reducing profit margins.

Did you see the obscene profits reported by many food companies? They are gouging the consumer while claiming costs have risen.

You don't get it. The more wages raise up the higher inflation gets and inflation outpaces wage gains, leaving you further behind all the time.

 

[gipper]

What for?

Better pay and benefits.

 

[gipper]

You don't get it. The more wages raise up the higher inflation gets and inflation outpaces wage gains, leaving you further behind all the time.

It doesn’t have to. American’s wages have been stagnant for decades while productivity has greatly increased, but senior level executives wages have skyrocketed. This outrageous income inequality may not concern you, but I find it entirely unfair.

 

[Independent thinker]

It doesn’t have to. American’s wages have been stagnant for decades while productivity has greatly increased, but senior level executives wages have skyrocketed. This outrageous income inequality may not concern you, but I find it entirely unfair.

So? The fact is, the more workers make the higher inflation gets and inflation outpaces wage gains. That's just reality. When employers are forced or have to pay higher wages, benefits, etc., who do you think pays for that? Do you naively think those senior executives pay for that? The workers themselves and the general public pays for those increased wages, while those senior executives also have wage gains themselves. In the end, inflation raises more than worker wage gains do, increasing income inequality even more. Do you not see that? Your blind jealousy against those senior executives actually makes things worse for those you claim to care about.